The 50th year of the Indian nuclear fuel reprocessing programme underlines India’s mastery in all aspects of the nuclear cycle.

North-eastern India figures prominently in the Sangh Parivar’s new scheme of things. While poor Muslims there and in many other parts of the country a

The Sangh Parivar’s food prescriptions perpetuate an uncomplicated upper-caste notion of Hinduism and alienate Muslims, Christians, Dalits and other l

At Rawatbhatta in Rajasthan, work on two 700 MWe indigenous reactors is in full swing, with safety as an important consideration.

The Left and other national parties protest against the NDA government’s attempts to dilute the MGNREGS by limiting its budget and reducing its reach.

A useful book by a former RAW officer, but marred by inaccuracies and salacious details.

Reflections on the structure of and changes in the social life of rural India.

A vicious pattern of the African American community, already hit by high poverty and rising unemployment rates, being stereotyped and targeted by law-

The survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy try to hold on to their memories and still nurse hopes of securing justice some day.

An overwhelming focus on the state and the CPC is both the strength and the weakness of the book. The author explains clearly the ideology and rationa

Interview with Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister of Tripura.

The CBI Director’s exit from the 2G spectrum allocation scam probe raises questions about the agency’s autonomy.

Another outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, this time in Kerala, rattles public health authorities and duck farmers and freezes th

Despite the separatists’ call for a boycott, the people of Kashmir turn out in large numbers to vote. Have issues of governance taken priority over po

All nationalist histories construct and reconstruct the past and have a political dimension to them. The Hindutva project has an additional, fascist,

A series of steps taken by the government in the name of reforms lay bare its motive to saffronise education and educational institutions at all costs

Rani ki Vav, a spectacular 11th-century stepwell in Patan, Gujarat, is now a UNESCO world heritage site.

The planners of the Prime Minister’s journey to East Asia in November scored high in terms of making the optimal use of his presence in the region. Th

As Mahinda Rajapaksa seeks a record third term in office, the opposition, for once, is united and has the support of an influential leader of the Budd

The BJP’s ambitious “Mission 45” plan in Jharkhand seems to have come unstuck over its inability to penetrate the tribal strongholds of the JMM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s short but action-packed visit to Fiji gives India an opportunity to extend its development partnership throughout the P

India’s diplomatic chill with Pakistan and the failure of SAARC members to sign any significant agreement render the Kathmandu summit’s objective of “

Having established itself in power at the Centre, the Sangh Parivar has earnestly started pushing its communal projects in various spheres of life in

The UAE is no longer the understated player it used to be on the foreign policy front, and its main goal is “to fight terrorism and restore stability”

Mamata Banerjee and her party seem to be hemmed in by problems of their own creation.

In a counter to right-wing onslaught on the freedom of expression, youngsters retake public spaces through organised resistance.

The Haryana Police arrest the self-styled godman Rampal, who is an accused in a murder case, after a violent clash with his devotees in his ashram in

There are indications that the U.S. may consider easing its blockade of Cuba, which has inflicted on the island over $1.1 trillion in economic costs a

Sichuan is a pastoral paradise, much more varied and beautiful than its neighbour, the stark but stunning Tibet. It is also home to the first and the